Prelude Welcome Announcements Meditation
Call to Worship/Invocation
†Hymn of Praise “All Hail the Power of Jesus’ Name!”
Trinity Hymnal #296
†Scripture Reading Isaiah 49:22-26
Pastoral Prayer
†Singing Psalms Psalms 128 & 94 (Trinity Psalter, pp.112, 80) Tune: “Glorious Things of Thee Are Spoken” (TH #345)
Confession of Faith Nicene Creed
†Scripture Teaching Colossians 1:15-23
Expounding the Word of God Rev. Michael Mang
“The Church’s Relationship to the State: The Crown Rights of Christ Jesus”
†Hymn of Response “I Belong to Jesus”
Trinity Hymnal #129 *The Lord’s Supper
†Doxology †Benediction Postlude †Standing, if able L o r d ’ s D a y W o r s h i p F e b r u a r y 2 8 , 2 0 2 1
W e l c o m e
We really mean it when we say we are thrilled that you have come to worship with us today!
If you should have any questions or comments about the ministry of Spriggs Road Presbyterian Church, please feel free to reach out. Contact information is on the back page of this bulletin.
Please note that if you are attending the 9 a.m service, masks must be worn at all times except when the participants are taking the elements of the Lord’s Supper.
At this time Sunday School is not in session.
Children are always welcome in our worship services. We also have a “cry room” available with a large window for viewing the service and a speaker that will be playing all the audio from the main sanctuary. Please feel free to use that if you are concerned that your children’s noises are disrupting the service. Since it is a small room, we ask you to be judicious and careful to maintain recommended distancing should others also seek to use it.
We hope that this Lord’s Day you will be encouraged by the Word, refreshed by the worship, and touched by Christ’s love through our fellowship with one another.
M e d i t a t i o n
We have an altar from which those who serve the tent have no right to
eat. For the bodies of those animals whose blood is brought into the holy places by the high priest as a sacrifice for sin are burned outside the camp. So Jesus also suffered outside the gate in order to sanctify the people through his own blood. Therefore let us go to him outside the camp and bear the reproach he endured. For here we have no lasting city, but we seek the city that is to come. Through him then let us continually offer up a sacrifice of praise to God, that is, the fruit of lips that acknowledge his name.
C o n f e s s i o n o f F a i t h
Nicene Creed We believe in one God, the Father Almighty, Maker of heaven and earth,
of all things visible and invisible.
And in one Lord Jesus Christ, the only-begotten Son of God, begotten of his Father before all worlds,
God of God, Light of Light, very God of very God,
begotten, not made, being of one substance with the Father; by whom all things were made;
who for us and for our salvation came down from heaven,
and was incarnate by the Holy Spirit of the virgin Mary, and was made man;
and was crucified also for us under Pontius Pilate; he suffered and was buried;
and the third day he rose again according to the Scriptures,
and ascended into heaven, and is seated at the right hand of the Father; and he shall come again, with glory, to judge both the living and the dead; whose kingdom shall have no end.
And we believe in the Holy Spirit, the Lord and giver of life, who proceeds from the Father and the Son;
who with the Father and the Son together is worshiped and glorified; who spoke by the prophets;
and we believe in one holy catholic and apostolic church; we acknowledge one baptism for the remission of sins; and we look for the resurrection of the dead,
S e r m o n N o t e s
I. Comments on Colossians 1:15-23
II. Christ is the _____________________ and ___________________ of His Church
III. Christ Rules Through the ____________________ He Has ___________________________ in His Church.
IV. Examples of How the Crown Rights of Christ are Being Usurped
2/28/2021 Pastor Michael Mang
Title: “The Church’s Relationship to the State: The Crown Rights of Christ Jesus ” Text: Colossians 1:15-23
Theme: Christ as the Lord and Head of His Church has given to His visible people the ministry of the Gospel, the Word of God, the
Sacraments, and a government to carry out that mission. Together, the officers and the people must guard against interference and intrusions that would presume to dethrone Christ of His right as the sole administrator of His spiritual Kingdom
IV. Applications— What Do We Do? A. What We Do Not Do 1. _____________________________ 2. Join In ________________________ __________________ 3. Develop a _______________________ __________________ 4. Give in to _______________________________. B. What We Do
1. Know what the _______________________ of Christ means
2. Fearlessly ___________________ the independence of the Church 3. Get __________________________ if called to ___________________ 4. __________________ your spiritual ________________ 5. ______________________ the Church
Q u e s t i o n s t o D i s c u s s a t H o m e o r i n S m a l l G r o u p s
1. Who uniquely and perfectly images the invisible God (v. 15a)? 2. What does “firstborn of all creation” mean (v. 15b)?
3. In this text, who is the Creator of heaven and earth (v. 16)? 4. For whom is the world created (v. 16c)?
5. What is the relationship that Christ has to the Church (v. 18a)? 6. How broad is the headship of Christ Jesus (v. 18b)
7. What is unique about Christ Jesus in this headship (v. 19)? 8. What is the goal of the headship of Christ (v. 20a)? 9. How is this goal ultimately accomplished (v. 20b)?
10. What was your spiritual condition before believing in Christ Jesus (v. 21)? 11. How important is the headship of Christ Jesus? What does this mean as it relates to the government of the Church?
12. What classic Confession has enshrined the sole headship of Christ as an article of faith?
13. What ecclesiastical system presents a challenge to the headship of Christ in the Church? How did the Reformers view this system compared to the headship of Christ?
14. What other realm has challenged the sole headship of Christ in the Church? 15. What is meant by “the crown rights of Christ Jesus”?
16. Since Christ is not physically present with the Church, how does He govern His people?
17. What is the jurisdiction of the Church?
18. What are some examples where the crown rights of Christ Jesus as being usurped today?
19. What are some ways that Christians should NOT respond when the crown rights of Christ Jesus are being usurped?
T h e L o r d ’ s S u p p e r
Announcement:
All are invited to the Lord’s Table who have been baptized, have publicly professed faith in (either before a congregation of the Lord’s Church or to a body of Elders in a church where the Gospel of Christ is embraced) and allegiance to the Lord Jesus Christ as the Savior from your sins, and are members of the visible Church of the Lord Jesus Christ.
If you have not publicly professed faith in Christ Jesus – the eternal Son of God who took on human flesh, lived a perfect, sinless life, died on the cross for sins, rose bodily from the dead, and who is returning to this earth in power and glory – please refrain from partaking of the Lord’s Table.
We invite you to respond to the Gospel by first understanding that you have sinned personally against the God who made you and have violated His good and right laws for you to follow. God is holy and has every right to separate you from Himself and from all that is good and beautiful because of your freely chosen disobedience to Him. But the really good news is that you can be restored to the God who made you because of what Christ Jesus has done on the cross as a perfect substitute and payment for the penalty that you owe and deserve. Simply believing and trusting in what Jesus did for you means you will belong to the LORD God forever.
Abraham, the Biblical example of one who was restored to God by faith alone, trusted God’s promise and the LORD God credited it, that trust, to him as righteousness. God has shown His love to the world, and to you, by giving His only Son that whoever believes in Him should not die and be separated from Him forever but rather have the life man was created to have in the presence of God, a life that never ends.
This means that you cannot DO anything to earn your place with God. However, a true faith in Christ Jesus comes from a God-given desire that will produce behavior that does those things that are pleasing to Him.
Please seek out and contact one of our Pastors or Elders to talk more about your eternal future. You can find their contact information in this bulletin. They will be glad to show you from Scripture, God’s Word, how you can have a relationship with God through Christ Jesus and have true peace and security with Him. If you have professed faith in Christ Jesus, have been baptized, and are a member of the Church, yet there is a distance between you and the LORD because of cherished and unrepentant sin and
transgressions of God’s laws, we warn you to refrain from partaking the elements of the Lord’s Table today. Scripture tells us that partaking of the Lord’s Table is a participation, a communion, in the body and blood of Christ (1 Cor. 10:16). God’s people cannot partake of His holy Table while at the same time engaging in deliberate and conscious violations of His commands for us as His holy people. If this is true with you, the LORD graciously
promises that, if you confess and turn from whatever thinking or behavior that is contrary to His nature and His Word, He is faithful to forgive and to cleanse you from all unrighteousness (1 John 1:9). Until you have confessed and turned from whatever this breach of faith might be, please refrain from partaking of the Lord’s Table. This does not mean that as a professing follower of Christ you are required to be perfect and flawless before communing with Christ at His Table. The Table is for you to be nourished and strengthened even more in your faith and love for Christ. You may have worries and doubts that God loves or hears you because your faith is weak. You may have sinned, confessed, and turned from it to the Lord before partaking, but still your heart condemns you. When you come to the Lord’s Table, the Lord by faith assures you that you belong to Him, and He belongs to you. If, despite your sins and imperfections, you can truly say that the LORD is your Shepherd, that the name of Christ and His smile is the desire of your soul, then take the LORD at His word that you are ransomed, healed,
restored, forgiven!
C o n f e s s i o n o f S i n
Personal Confession
This time of silence is provided for private, personal confession.
A s s u r a n c e o f P a r d o n
No longer do I call you servants, for the servant does not know what his master is doing; but I have called you friends, for all that I
have heard from my Father I have made known to you. You did not choose me, but I chose you and appointed you that you should
go and bear fruit and that your fruit should abide …
—John 15:15-16a (ESV)
O LORD our God, we lament that our sins have grieved Your heart and arrested sweet communion with You.
We cover over sins and transgressions that others do not see. But in Your sight, O merciful God, nothing is hidden.
We declare that our love for those outside of the family of God grows cold.
We admit that often our motive for serving You seeks the praise of others.
We acknowledge that we have harbored bitterness and anger toward others.
Forgive us for the hardness of our hearts. Pardon us for delighting more in the fleeting pleasures of this fallen world.
We confess our sins and plead the merits of our Savior’s life, death, and resurrection.
For Your great Name’s sake, deliver us from evil.
We pray in the Name of Your Son, Christ Jesus, the Righteous One. Amen.
F o o d P a n t r y D o n a t i o n s A n n o u n c e m e n t s
Scheduled events can be found on the church’s online Calendar. It can be also be viewed on the home page of www.spriggsroad.org.
F i n a n c i a l U p d a t e
Income vs. Budget 2/21/2021 YTD
General Income $14,031.00 $88,347.93
Budget Requirement $9,630.00 $77,040.00
Surplus (Deficit) $4,401.00 $11,307.93
Attendance 134
The Deacons are continuing to collect non-perishable food items and general items for those in need in our community. Items can be placed in the blue bin in the hallway. Please contact Dan Bredbenner with any questions. The items most needed according to the ACTS website (Jan 2021) are:
Canned and Dried Food
Breakfast items cereal, oatmeal, grits, etc. Peanut butter and jelly
Canned or dry beans Honey
Canned vegetables Canned fruit
Canned meats (tuna, chicken) Whole-grain pasta
Canned tomato sauce Brown Rice Milk Cooking oil Canned soup Coffee General Items
Pull-ups and diapers size 5/6 Soap Toothpaste Deodorant Wipes Shampoo Toilet Paper Laundry Soap Dish Soap
S e r v i c e o f O r d i n a t i o n & I n s t a l l a t i o n
The newly elected officers will be ordained and installed on Sunday, March 7, 2021. Both the 9:00 and 10:45 services will have an elder and a deacon each ordained/installed. Praise God for bringing additional leadership to our church, and please be in prayer for these men as they take up their new roles and responsibilities.
Y o u t h G r o u p
Youth group for grades 6-12 will be held at the Bredbenner home this coming Saturday, March 6, at 5:00.
(18410 Cedar Drive, Triangle)
Please RSVP to Pastor Matt or Dan & Kate if your child is able to attend.
Come for dinner, games, teaching, and friendship!
R i d g e H a v e n S e r v i c e P r o j e c t
The annual SRPC youth service project at Ridge Haven, for rising 6th -12th graders, is scheduled for July 26-31, 2021. Please see Pastor Matt for details.
This is a great opportunity for middle and high school students to enjoy a summer camp experience with all the fun activities and inspiring worship times of our regular camps while also working as a team on a service pro-ject for 3-4 hours each day. This is the perfect way for youth to not only
Spriggs Road Presbyterian Church is a particular church of the Presbyterian Church in America (PCA).
13201 Spriggs Road
Manassas, VA 20112 www.spriggsroad.org (703) 791-5555
And they devoted themselves to the apostles' teaching and the fellowship, to the breaking of bread and the prayers. Acts 2:42
C o n t a c t I n f o r m a t i o n
Senior Pastor Michael Mang [email protected] Assistant Pastor Matteson Bowles [email protected] Assistant Pastor for Church
Planting (First Asian Indian PC) Jegar Chinnavan [email protected] Clerk of Session Joseph Deane [email protected] Treasurer Lloyd Moore [email protected] Ruling Elder Joseph Deane [email protected] Ruling Elder Brian Groft [email protected] Ruling Elder William McFarland [email protected] Ruling Elder Britt McNeill [email protected] Ruling Elder Steve Powell [email protected] Group Email to Members of Session [email protected] Prayer Requests [email protected] Announcements, Calendar, and Bulletin [email protected]
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